Thursday, May 21, 2020

Boozy Peanut Butter Chocolate Egg Creams

If you haven't been to New York, you may have heard of egg creams but not tried one. Is it eggy? Is it creamy? Eggnog-ish? None of the above, actually. It's nothing more than a chocolate soda, albeit, a really tasty one.

The three simple ingredients are chocolate syrup, ice cold milk and seltzer. By the way, if you've wondered what the difference is between seltzer and club soda, it's that club soda has added minerals whereas seltzer is just pure carbonated water. Whether or not it matters in this drink depends on how much of a purist you are. But since I've gone and added booze and peanut butter, clearly I'm not that much of one, right?

I made my own chocolate syrup because I wanted to add peanut butter. If you don't have peanut butter flavored whiskey, you can use regular whiskey or bourbon. But you should also go get some because it's delicious. And more peanut butter flavor is always a good idea. The boozy soda is very refreshing on a warm day but it also goes down way too easy, if you know what I mean. Cheers!

Yield: 4 Servings

Author: Anita Schecter

Boozy Peanut Butter Chocolate Egg Creams

Prep time: 10 MCook time: 5 MTotal time: 15 M

Recipe for a boozy chocolate soda with cold milk, peanut butter and whiskey.

Ingredients:

For the Peanut Butter Chocolate Sauce:

1/2 Cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 Cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1/2 Cup plus 2 tablespoons water

2 Tablespoons peanut butter

1 Teaspoon vanilla

Pinch of salt

For the Egg Creams:

6 oz. Peanut Butter whiskey

2 Cups cold whole milk

1 Cup peanut butter chocolate sauce

Cold seltzer or club soda

Instructions:

Add the cocoa powder, sugar and water to a pot and cook slowly, on low heat, until dissolved. Stir in the peanut butter, vanilla and salt and continue cooking and stirring for a few minutes until the sauce begins to thicken. Allow to cool and store in a lidded jar or bottle in the fridge.

To make the egg creams, combine the whiskey and milk and pour into 4 soda glasses. Top each with seltzer or club soda but leave an inch of room at the top. Pour about a quarter cup of chocolate sauce into each, stir with a tall spoon and drink immediately.